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ABOUT ME

City:NJ USA

Home Brewing Biography:Started out as a Mead Maker, recently became interested in Gruits and made 2 successful small batches in progress. Interested in Cider making as well as I love drinking the stuff. Good results with Ed Wort's Apfelwein and Brandon O's Graff. Now starting to brew ales/lagers with various Hops after the great Gruit experiment.

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Graham's English Cider on 03-16-2015 at 12:19 PMI just made a batch of this..or...very similar. Different yeast and added some sugar.2.5 gal
Apple Juice1/2 lb Sugar in the rawjuice of 1/2 lime + 2 Constant Comment (orange spiced black
tea) bags ste...

Posted in thread: Pear Cider on 02-23-2015 at 07:54 PMThe only 2 sources for Pear juice I have seen in my supermarket are:Looza Pear juice and the
Gerber Pear juice found in the baby food
aisle.https://www.gerber.com/products/product/gerber-fruit-juice-...

Posted in thread: Mangrove Jacks Cider M02 yeast on 02-03-2015 at 08:49 PMI used it in my last batch of Apfelwein. I really liked the way it turned out!! Quick
fermentation, quick clearing and maintained more apple flavor than my previous GO TO wine
yeasts (EC-1118 or RC-21...

Posted in thread: Man, I love Apfelwein on 01-26-2015 at 04:01 PMI've used many yeasts for this, starting with Montrachet and eventually deciding that the
Lalvin RC-212 was the best tasting product, followed closely by the EC-1118. I happened to
notice a new yeast ...

Posted in thread: Man, I love Apfelwein on 11-12-2014 at 12:02 AMHad a few bottles of this aging for a year and a half, pulled one out the other day and I will
say A-FREAKIN-MAZING! This mellows out soooo nice after aging, no sharp taste and super smooth.
Its worth...

Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 09-19-2014 at 01:19 AMSo, today I cracked open a bottle of Graff that I bottled almost exactly 5 years ago. (Sept 27,
2009) Was drinkable, but not that good. Can't quite describe the flavor. The maltiness was very
forward,...

Posted in thread: Man, I love Apfelwein on 09-16-2014 at 01:55 AMCan someone advise on the amount of table sugar needed to prime/add when bottling to give a
sparkling effect.Many thanks.Typically I use 1 oz (by weight) per gallon. Usually use Dextrose,
but you shou...

Posted in thread: Man, I love Apfelwein on 11-22-2013 at 04:00 PMI think it was Irongolem who reported good results "dry-hopping" his apfelwein with several
Granny Smith's.Wow! That is a great idea! I was going to "dry hop" my cranberry wine with some
crushed cranb...